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Tue, Mar 26, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Edmonton Oilers 3, St. Louis Blues 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1425010319
STL08021014043

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 11:29EDMJordan EberleGWGAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:26EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:17EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P2 0:25EDMAles Hemsky: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 11:22STLDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 11:22EDMJordan Eberle: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 16:03STLBarret Jackman: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 16:03EDMMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:09EDMAles Hemsky: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 0:43STLDavid Backes: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 0:43EDMLadislav Smid: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 4:06STLVladimir Sobotka: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 4:06EDMNail Yakupov: Diving2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gagner won the faceoff against Sobotka
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSTL
19Shots on goal43
1.5Expected goals2.5
34Shot attempts68
23Faceoffs won30
0Power plays2
15Penalty minutes11
14Hits22
10Blocked shots9
4Giveaways3
4Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins9:45

    xG 0.87–0.41 (68%)attempts 13–15goals 3–0

  2. Smyth – Brown – Petrell9:11

    xG 0.05–0.05 (51%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Jones – Yakupov9:47

    xG 0.27–0.42 (39%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Paajarvi10:27

    xG 0.16–0.46 (26%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Schultz14:57

    xG 0.92–0.61 (60%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  2. Smid – Petry15:59

    xG 0.25–0.31 (44%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Potter15:58

    xG 0.18–0.63 (22%)attempts 6–21goals 1–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSobotka – Perron – Tarasenko8:45

    xG 0.43–0.14 (75%)attempts 12–2goals 0–1

  2. Nichol – Porter – Schwartz4:24

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. McDonald – Oshie – Berglund9:28

    xG 0.08–0.09 (45%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Backes – Stewart12:42

    xG 0.51–0.67 (43%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRedden – Shattenkirk12:54

    xG 0.47–0.17 (74%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Pietrangelo4:54

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Polak4:18

    xG 0.23–0.10 (70%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

STL 2.5 xGEDM 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #682 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.

STL winsEDM wins

Simulated goal difference (STL − EDM), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).